Brick pocket
OwnerCharles D. Wynninventor
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Abstract
A brick prefabricated pocket construction element which becomes part of a cornice of a building under construction comprising a molded form made of metal, plastic, or vinyl, that is positioned on top of a brick wall facing. The device includes a soffit pocket. The brick pocket eliminates lumber for brick pockets and reduces maintenance. The brick pocket comprises a flat backplate with screw holes adjacent the top and bottom edges. A horizontal lip or soffit flange is positioned below the screw holes adjacent the top edge of the backplate. A cover wall is spaced below the horizontal lip. The horizontal plate extends from the back plate and has a vertical face or outer wall that extends downward and is spaced from the back plate to form the brick pocket. The space between the horizontal lip and the horizontal plate forms the soffit pocket.
Claims6
A prefabricated brick pocket comprising:
- a vertically oriented, back plate extending horizontally lengthwise and having an upper edge and a lower edge;
- a cover wall extending outward from said vertical back plate;
- means for mounting said vertical back plate along an upper portion of an exterior wall of a structure;
- said back plate being so positioned that said cover wall and a outer wall extend over and downward over an upper layer of brick facing, respectively;
- a soffit flange spaced downward from said upper edge of said back plate and attached thereto, disposed normal to said back plate, and extending along the length of said back plate;
- said cover wall being spaced downward from said soffit flange, disposed normal to said back plate, and attached thereto, parallel to said soffit flange and extending along the length of said back plate;
- said outer wall depending from said cover wall and disposed parallel to said back plate, extending along the length thereof and including a lower edge;
- said back plate bearing said soffit flange and said cover wall forming a soffit pocket so sized as to receive a standard soffit, said cover wall acting as a support for an end portion of said soffit;
- a brick spacing flange extending along and perpendicular to said outer wall along its lower edge toward said back plate;
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- braces disposed within said pocket including a first set of braces extending at an angle from said cover wall to said brick pocket back plate and a second set of braces extending at a similar angle from said cover wall and said outer wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.